Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 136 Turning the Tide, the City God Awakens!
"You'll miss such a beautiful night view, do you regret it?"

Looking at the dejected Zhu Sihai, Xiao Panshan was inexplicably moved.

He was about the same age as Zhu Sihai and had seen Zhu Sihai in his youth.

Years ago, when the City God opened up the Land of Misfortune, the two fought side by side, but things have changed drastically since then.

"regret?"

Zhu Sihai murmured something, then let out a long laugh.

"What's there to regret if you want to live forever? Xiao Panshan, you're not me, you wouldn't understand me!"
Although I was born in Wangxian City, I did not come from the Five Clans and Seven Families. What others can get at birth, I have to struggle for half my life!

That's just how the world is, there's nothing to complain about, so I'm determined to climb higher.

I have limited talent and cannot ascend to the path of immortality, so I will take the path of gods. The path of gods is controlled by powerful families, so I will kill my wife, force my daughter to seal her spirit and attain the Dao, and establish my own powerful family!
So, I just lost!

Do you think you can lecture me?

"With your background, Xiao Panshan, you should be ashamed and regretful to have ended up like this, shouldn't you?"

Xiao Panshan's mouth twitched with anger upon hearing this. What a heartless bastard! I'll never sympathize with you again. I was raised on dog milk!

Li Wushou watched the two talking calmly, his heart unmoved by Zhu Sihai's dejection and words.

His world is very simple: the world is vast, as long as he is well-fed and watered, he is carefree and at ease!
What do other people's honor, disgrace, rise and fall have to do with him? As long as he doesn't cause him trouble!

Everyone in this world has their own story. Niu Dan, the child king of Aishan, could be told for three days and three nights, let alone Zhu Sihai, an old man who almost died!

With a thought, the Yin-Yang Diagram, after guiding the power of the Blood Yang and Yin Spirits, slowly closed again, sealing Zhu Sihai inside!
Although Zhu Sihai's divine position is shattered at this moment, losing the possibility of seizing the position of City God, Quezi is still there. What if? A shattered divine position is not as reassuring as a shattered Yin spirit.

Li Wushou's murderous intent surged, and he activated the power of Yin and Yang, intending to shatter Zhu Sihai's Yin spirit.

Suddenly, a golden light flashed beside him. Li Wushou turned around in slight surprise and threw a punch at the golden light, unleashing the power of Yin and Yang!

"Bang~!"

The golden light receded, creating a crater in the ground!
"Cough cough cough ouch, ouch."

A series of coughs and groans echoed from the crater, and the expressions of the junior priests behind them changed drastically, completely bewildered by this sudden turn of events.

Lin You exclaimed in surprise, "High Priest Xiao! What are you doing?"

Xiao Panshan was also somewhat dazed. Lying in the pit, the golden body on his body became even dimmer. He had just heard the City God's summons and instinctively paid homage, but suddenly lost control of himself!

Standing in the void, Li Wushou frowned slightly upon hearing the exclamation, then slowly raised his head and looked towards the horizon!

The City God's spirit, which had been standing above the City God Temple, had opened its eyes again at some point. Its eyes were filled with murderous intent as it peered out from the clouds and looked down at the City Lord's Mansion!
At its heart, a divine bird flaps its wings and raises its head, its ferocious flames reaching the heavens!
Li Wushou instantly understood. Zhu Liuli, the Sparrow, regained control of the City God's soul by using the Sparrow's spirit within the City God's heart.

Xiao Panshan Yin God is newly formed and has not yet eaten incense. Like the previous group of minor gods, he can be briefly manipulated by the City God. Therefore, his mind has just been indirectly enslaved by the sparrow.

Li Wushou checked the time; it had been less than a quarter of an hour since he returned from the East City Guard Camp.

This sparrow has actually broken free from the combined power of the civil and military officials?
During this time, Li Wushou had put a lot of effort into training the civil and military officials. That day, at the bottom of the black pool in Cui Family Village outside the North City, after Li Wushou and Chen Gou'er switched identities, Chen Gou'er returned to the Three Immortals Hall with the clay sculpture of the civil and military officials.

After eating the sparrow egg inside the Martial God, the old beggar, along with the shadowy figure and Chen Gou'er, went to the River of Yin Qi and disguised themselves as the Civil and Martial Gods.

After returning to the Three Immortals Pavilion, Li Wushou used the pretext of Xiao Panshan sculpting golden statues to obtain materials and continuously sculpted golden statues for the civil and military officials, sometimes even mixing in some of the Three Immortals Pavilion's specialties.

However, Li Wushou never showed himself, constantly using incense to block the perception of the civil and military officials.

Therefore, in the eyes of the civil and military officials, they were merely a backup plan of the City God's lineage hidden in the Five Directions City.

Having just returned to the Three Immortals Pavilion and escorted the civil and military officials to the East City School Guard Camp, Li Wushou concealed their true appearances with incense ash to prevent Quezi from recognizing the civil and military officials and noticing the anomaly in the Yin Qi River.

The incense ash should last for about fifteen minutes, but unexpectedly, the civil and military officials did not last for fifteen minutes!

"You also possess the power of Yin and Yang? What is your relationship with that thing?"

A majestic divine voice echoed in the courtyard. Sparrow, riding the City God's spirit, slowly spoke and asked Li Wushou.

Li Wushou had no intention of answering. The Yin-Yang power within his body suddenly erupted and he pressed it directly onto the Yin-Yang diagram. He wanted to kill Zhu Sihai first!

Upon seeing this, the sparrow's eyes widened in surprise, and it suddenly shouted coldly, "Insolence!"

A streak of red and yellow light streaked across the sky and landed steadily above the City Lord's Mansion. Two white sparrow heads grew on either side of its head, which was the true form of Sparrow Zhu Liuli.

At this moment, two sparrow claws sprouted from his ribs, each holding an unconscious soul—the very same civil and military official!

The golden statues that Li Wushou had spent so much time creating for them had been smashed to pieces! Quezi appeared calm on the surface, but she was also somewhat troubled inside.

Just now, outside the East City, these two people suddenly appeared. No matter how she looked at them, they remained shrouded in mist, making it impossible for her to see their true forms.

One of them explored all directions, and even her divine soul, the Sparrow, could not escape this person's detection;

The other person took the lead, and his methods were extremely strange. He could devour her soul sparrow, which caused him a lot of trouble for a while.

However, after a long period of devouring, the person who was in the lead gradually found it difficult to continue. Knowing that the other party's method of devouring the soul sparrow had a limit, Quezi increased the frequency of her attacks, which broke the cooperation between the two and took them down!

Only then did Quezi see the true faces of the two people; they were actually civil and military officials from the City God Temple!
This discovery made her feel uneasy, because if she remembered correctly, the civil and military officials had been half-dead in the river of yin energy, and she had even planted a sparrow egg in the body of the military official.

But this martial priest did not have it inside his body!
Could it be that thing under the City God's command that's behind this?
Quezi was confused, but instinctively she felt that Zhu Sihai's control over the City God's soul and his acquisition of the City God's seal might be about to cause an accident!

As expected, the divine bird in the City God's heart was uncontrolled and its mind wandered into the city. With the City God's divine eye, it witnessed Li Wushou about to kill Zhu Sihai.

In desperation, he used the bond between the City God and the priests to briefly manipulate Xiao Panshan and interrupt Li Wushou's actions!

Seeing that Li Wushou remained silent and attacked again, he was filled with rage.

"That Li Wushou has some nerve, daring to be so insolent in front of her!"

The moment he stood still, Zhu Sihai, lying beneath the Yin-Yang diagram, formed a hand seal in front of his chest with one hand. Suddenly, the golden feathers within his Yin spirit body burst forth with dazzling golden light.

As the golden light dissipated, the feathers transformed into a golden lark, which flew out from Zhu Sihai's Yin spirit and instantly became a stream of light invisible to the naked eye, crashing into the Yin-Yang diagram!
Unlike Li Wushou, who used the power of Yin and Yang to open and close Yin and Yang, this collision was purely brute force, but the Yin-Yang Diagram was still pushed open with a crack.

With a peck at the void, the golden-eyed sparrow's head instantly vanished from the Yin-Yang Diagram and was caught in the sparrow's mouth!

Li Wushou's expression was solemn. He waved his hand and put the Yin-Yang diagram back into his sleeve. The golden feather completely disappeared into the air. Quezi watched this scene, and her eyes twitched. This golden feather was also quite precious to her!

She glanced at Zhu Sihai, who was being held in the mouth of the Divine Soul Sparrow, and her expression was also inscrutable.

"Ahem~ Liuli, you've arrived."

A trickle of golden liquid flowed from the corner of Zhu Sihai's mouth, a symptom of severe damage to his Yin spirit!
Quezi's brow furrowed, radiating a murderous aura. Just as she was about to shout, Zhu Shihai was struck by the aura and coughed again, his words pausing.

Zhu Sihai wiped the gold liquid from the corner of his mouth, took a moment to catch his breath, and spoke again:
"Liuli, I'm dying. I've paid too high a price in my life for immortality, the biggest price being your mother and you! I don't want your forgiveness, just kill me! Let me die by your hand, that will atone for what I owe your mother! As for you..."

"enough!"

Sparrow's pupils were blood red, and with a flick of its head, it threw Zhu Sihai behind it.

"In the end, to you, my mother and I are nothing more than a measurable price! Can death make up for what you owe my mother? Since you have no regrets in your life, Zhu Sihai, then I will grant you immortality. I will stand at the pinnacle of the immortal path and watch you, to see what your final fate will be!"

Zhu Sihai struggled to sit up from the void, looking at the somewhat distraught sparrow in front of him.

He knew her! She was still his daughter, Zhu Liuli, at least for this moment, and that was enough for him!
He always knew what this daughter valued most, just as he had killed his wife to inspire Zhu Liuli. Why would Zhu Liuli, after being sealed away, help Zhu Sihai plot to become the City God?

Besides severing worldly ties, it was also for that lingering obsession in my heart!
She hoped to see Zhu Sihai live a long life and then fall into regret, regretting that he had killed his wife back then.

She wanted to prove one thing: that even though Zhu Sihai had obtained the immortality he desired, killing his wife and forcing his daughter would still make him regret it for the rest of his life.

Zhu Sihai had no other choice. His divine position was shattered, and the City God's Seal was lost. Now, only Quezi could help him turn the tide!

He had to get the sparrow to help him, even if it meant provoking the other party again!
The sparrow stood in the void with its eyes closed, ripples spreading around it, its mind restless. The City God's spirit took a step forward and quietly landed behind the sparrow, like its physical body.

Suddenly, the sparrow opened its eyes, formed a hand seal, and shouted sharply:
"The City God can be killed! The shrine can be reassembled even if it is broken. Today, Zhu Sihai is the new City God of the Five Directions. Anyone who does not worship him will be killed!"

After uttering those words, the sparrow heads on either side of the head suddenly vanished and merged together at the top of the head, slowly revealing a giant lark.

The lark was pure white, with one eye golden and the other blood red. Its expression was indifferent, and the sound of prayers swirled around it as it hovered over the Five Directions City.

The Tree Goddess of the North City and the Paper Goddess of the South City spoke again, saying in a telepathic voice, "We wish to worship Zhu Sihai as the new City God of the Five Directions!"

As the incense and prayers slowly gathered, Zhu Sihai sat cross-legged, and the divine power within his body slowly began to heal the cracks.

The white lark lowered its eyes, looked down at the Five Directions City, and spoke again: "Pay homage to the City God!"

His voice was cold, yet it carried an overwhelming killing intent. The people controlled by the talisman and paper rice responded by bowing down, while the merchants and gentry who were not controlled either knelt down or hesitated, and so on!

The lark took everything in, remained silent, and after three breaths suddenly spoke:
"Time's up! Those who don't bow will die!"

With a thought, Quezi was about to activate the City God's spirit to end the lives of those loyal believers!

Suddenly, a slightly languid voice sounded behind her: "After all this fuss, is it just to make Zhu Sihai the City God?"

There was a conflict with the manuscript. I made a backup and it took some time to check, so I'm a little late today. Sorry, everyone!
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